Iran Press/ Asia: "The decision by Georgian Dream to suspend Georgia’s EU accession process goes against the promise to the Georgian people enshrined in their constitution to pursue full integration into the European Union and NATO," the Department of State said.
"The United States condemns the excessive use of force by police against Georgians seeking to exercise their rights to assembly and expression, including their freedom to peacefully protest. We call on all sides to ensure protests remain peaceful," it noted.
"As a result, the United States has suspended this mechanism," the Department of State added.
Antigovernmental rallies in Tbilisi near the building of the parliament evidence that a violent coup attempt is taking place in Georgian, the State Security Service of Georgia said in its statements.
"Developments occurring in recent days in the country show that planned destructive processes are taking place in accordance with actual circumstances becoming known to the State Security Service as part of the investigation of the violent upheaval case. We informed the society in advance about that," the Service said.
The Service noted that specific political parties and nongovernmental organizations are interested in the violent coup, adding that developments are being investigated under Article 315 of the Georgian Criminal Code (Conspiracy or mutiny for purposes of violent change of the Georgian constitutional order).
Participants in the protest rally in Tbilisi set a fire in the building of the Georgian parliament, the TASS reporter on the site says.
Police officers used a water cannon against protesters near the parliament building in Tbilisi, TASS reports from the scene.
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